lentils

I can’t eat beef because of the pretty moo-cows but I can create copycat recipes that once upon a time would have contained meat in this house. These Vegan Copycat Sloppy Joes combine earthy mushrooms and lentils with roast capsicum, a battalion of spices and finely chopped spinach to create a wonderfully full-bodied, meaty, meatless burger. No cows were harmed in the making of this sloppy joe but I did confuse some carnivores.

As far as euphemisms go I think Spring Clean Golden Soup is a pretty good. Golden by colour, golden by name this soup is loaded with goodies; turmeric, ginger, garlic, kale and lentils to name a few. While it isn’t Spring, I think any time is a good time to restore our bodies balance and put out the trash.

We do eat real food. Looking back over my posts I could understand if readers think we live on a cake only diet. Oooh, doesn’t that sound lovely? But no. We couldn’t afford the dental.

We love salads. Big bowls of healthy, flavoursome goodness and even better, a salad that is the main event not the sideshow. This salad is full of protein, fibre and the blood cleansing wonderfulness of beetroot but most importantly, it is yum. Beetroot, mint, orange. Happiness.

I used my old faithful warm spiced orange dressing here, but why not? It is such a versatile dressing.